Spirituality: Unexpected death brings lessons for living

9:24 AM,
Apr. 19, 2013

Written by

Norris Burkes
Florida Today

In the aftermath of most tragedies, like the bombing of the Boston Marathon, civil authorities will often focus on improving the safety of future public events.

As a parent and grandparent, I will applaud these efforts - up to a point.

I have always been a safety advocate. In fact, I raised my children with such an awareness of safety that they often called me the "safety officer." From an early age, I taught them fire prevention, drug prevention, stranger awareness and pedestrian safety. The schools added contraception, rape prevention and AIDS awareness. ...